Entered a couple of specials into the CMS and placed the DS widget in the Primary sidebar, and nothing shows up below the widget heading, including the other widgets that were placed after it, my entire footer area, etc. Completely breaks the layout.

hmm...sounds like a php error. Could you turn on wordpress debugging? In wp-config.php, change the line that says define('WP_DEBUG', false); change false to true and see if any errors show up on the page. That will help me track down the issue on your site. Thanks.

I just installed a fresh copy of WP 3.4.1 and Daily Specials 1.1. I also purchased the Genesis Framework 1.8.2 and activated that theme. So far, I haven't found any errors or issues. The widget seems to work fine in the primary sidebar. you can see it in action here. Can you send me a link to your site so I can see the issue?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_field() in /www.sitename.biz/web/content/review/wp-content/plugins/jrwdev-daily-specials/includes/widget.php on line 62

Thanks for the quick response, but I can't believe you went and bought Genesis! Unfortunately, I'm actively developing the site right now and need to turn off the debugging and DS plugin pretty soon so that I can crank out work. I'll leave everything on until 2:30 EST. PM with the URL sent through your site's contact form.